IP Library Granted Patent US 11,421,295
Granted Patent B2
US 11,421,295 · App. 16/628,436 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Ultra high strength hot rolled steel sheet having low deviation of mechanical property and excellent surface quality, and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Jong-Pan Kong (Gwangyang-si, KR); Jea-Sook Chung (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
C21D9/46C21D6/002C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0263C22C38/001C22C38/002C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/26C22C38/28C22C38/32C22C38/38C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,421,295
App. No.
16/628,436
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an ultra high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet, having tensile strength of 800 MPa, and a method for manufacture same, the method enabling excellent surface quality, workability, weldability as well as significantly reduced deviation of the mechanical property in the width and length directions of the steel sheet by means of an endless rolling mode in a continuous casting-direct rolling process.

Claims (18)

1. A hot-rolled steel sheet, the rolled steel sheet comprising:

by wt %, carbon (C): 0.03% to 0.08%, manganese (Mn): 1.6% to 2.6%, silicon (Si): 0.1% to 0.6%, phosphorous (P): 0.005% or 0.03%, sulfur (S): 0.01% or less, aluminum (Al): 0.05% or less, chromium (Cr): 0.4% to 2.0%, titanium (Ti): 0.01% to 0.1%, niobium (Nb): 0.005% to 0.1%, boron (B): 0.0005% to 0.005%, nitrogen (N): 0.001% to 0.01%, and retained iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities;

a microstructure comprising, by area %, a sum of ferrite and bainitic ferrite of 30% to 70%, bainite of 25% to 65%, and martensite of 5% or less, wherein the ferrite and the bainitic ferrite have an average short-axis length of 1 μm to 5 μm;

a tensile strength of at least 800 MPa;

deviations of 20 MPa or less in the tensile strength in a width direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet;

an average deviation of 10% or less in a glossiness in a width direction of the hot-rolled steel sheet, wherein the glossiness is measured by a surface gloss measurement with a numerical indication of the glassiness; and

5/μm 2 to 100/μm 2 of (Ti,Nb)(C,N) precipitates, wherein the (Ti,Nb)(C,N) precipitates have an average equivalent circular diameter of 50 nm or less.

2. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein the Ti, the Nb and the B satisfy Equations 1 to 3,

3.4N≤Ti≤3.4N+0.05  Equation 1

6.6N−0.02≤Nb≤6.6N  Equation 2

0.8N−0.0035≤B≤0.8N  Equation 3,

where each element symbol in Equations 1 to 3 refers to a content of each element expressed in wt %.

3. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising: at least one of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), molybdenum (Mo), tin (Sn) and lead (Pb) as a tramp element, wherein a total amount of the tramp element is 0.2 wt % or less.

4. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising: Ceq of 0.10 to 0.24, the Ceq being expressed by Equation 4 below,

Equation 4: Ceq=C+Si/30+Mn/20+2P+3S, where each element symbol refers to a content of each element in wt %.

5. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising: a thickness of 2.8 mm or less.

6. The hot-rolled steel sheet of claim 1 , further comprising: an elongation of at least 15% and a hole expandability of at least 50%,

wherein the hot-rolled steel sheet does not involve cracking at a bendability R/t ratio of 0.25.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061778/0785 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0923 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2020
From: KONG, JONG-PAN; CHUNG, JEA-SOOK
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 051410/0605 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0085932 · Jul 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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